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The Virtual Astronomer

Links to Good Astronomy Images

Various Collections of Astrophotos:
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope at Hubblesite.org
NASA
Archive of "Astronomy Picture of the Day" from NASA
European Southern Observatory (using the Very Large Telescope)
European Southern Observatory (using the Wide-Field Imager)
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (best images)
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (by category)
Ray Gralak's CCD Image Collection
Finger's Lakes Instrumentation
Anglo-Australian Observatory
Objects with Names at the Grasslands Observatory
NGC Objects 1-3600 at the Grasslands Observatory
NGC Objects 3601-7840 at the Grasslands Observatory
by Philip Perkins
Kopernik Observatory
by Jon Kolb
by Robert Gendler
by Jerry Lodriguss
by Chris Deforeit
by Russell Croman
by Bill Walser
by William McLaughlin
by Akira Fujii
by Sven Kohle and Till Credner
by Tony and Daphne Hallas
by Alex Mellinger
at Astrojan
by Dean Jacobsen
by Trent Kjell and Mark Jenkins
by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
by Stefan Seip
by Michael Richmann
by Al Kelly
by Preston S. Justis
by Don S. Goldman
by Chuck Vaughn
by Matt BenDaniel
The Modern Observatory
by Bobby Middleton
by Mark de Regt
by George Greaney
using RCOS Ritchey-Chretien telescopes
by Brian Lula
by Chris Cook
by Bob and Janice Fera
by John Gleason (the southern hemisphere)
by John Gleason (the northern hemisphere)
by Johannes Schedler
by Matthew T. Russell

Messier Objects:
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (by thumbnail image and name)
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (by name)
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (by constellation)
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (by object type)
Astrojan (by image; "mouse over" gives name; clicking gives larger image; different points on thumbnail give different links)
The University of Alabama Astronomy Department
by Jim Burnell
Anglo-Australian Observatory
Grasslands Observatory

By Object Type:

For Locating Objects:

Constellations Maps:
by David Haworth
Hawaiian Astronomical Association

Sky Maps:
by David Haworth
by John Walker (Generates Clickable Sky Map for an Observable at Any Point on Earth)
Heavens Above (Generates a Star Chart)
Hawaiian Astronomical Association

Milky Way Sky Maps:
by Jerry Lodriguss (clickable image of Northern Sky Milky Way in Fall)
by Jerry Lodriguss (clickable image of Northern Sky Milky Way in Summer)
by Jerry Lodriguss (clickable image of Northern Sky Milky Way in Winter)
by Jerry Lodriguss (clickable image of Southern Sky Milky Way)

Coordinates and Maps for Objects:
Hawaiian Astronomical Association (Messier Objects)
Hawaiian Astronomical Association (100 NGC Objects)
Hawaiian Astronomical Association (Bennett Catalogue)
Hawaiian Astronomical Association (Caldwell Listings)
Hawaiian Astronomical Association (Various Objects)

To the Virtual Astronomer

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